open() FIFO not blocking

Hi everyone! Using the cygwin API on WinXP, I'm trying to set up communication between a client and a server app via a FIFO. Although the open() calls are supposed to block until the other end of the FIFO is connected, they return immediately. What's wrong? Here's the source code for the clie

Perl script vs. "Program Files"

Hi everyone! I'm using cvsnt via cygwin command line. When I'm trying to reformat log output with cvs2cl.pl (http://www.red-bean.com/cvs2cl), I get the following error message: Can't open perl script "/cygdrive/c/Program": No such file or directory Apparently the script is looked for in "/cygd

svnserve as a service

Hi list! I tried to run svnserve as a windows service using the --service option, as explained in the SVN book. The service didn't start, reporting error 1053 instead. After a lot of googling and MSDN KB reading, I finally realised that it wasn't a service or local account rights problem, no, t

Re: cygwin permissions problem on a network drive

> On Jul 6 11:43, Bill Metzenthen wrote: > > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > >> If I now try to use cygwin to create anything then it fails (despite > > >> it reporting that I have rwx permissions for the directory): > > > > > > For now, set the mount point for this drive to "noacl". If you're > > >